THE DESCRIPTION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON “X” UNIVERSITY’s STUDENTS

Abstract

Background: As of 9th March 2020, World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic. The government takes a policy to implement social restrictions aim to restrict COVID-19. The restrictions includes restricted social gatherings, public facilities and closed the schools, so the student can only do learn and their activities from home. This pandemic also affected daily life with physical activity will be impaired and increased sedentary behavior. Method: A descriptive study with cross-sectional design to describe the physical activity and sedentary behavior on university student during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical activity and sedentary behavior was assessed using Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). The participant of this study were taken using stratified random sampling, and consisted of 297 students drawn proportionally from 9 faculties. Result: The results showed that 129 students (43,4%) included in moderate physical activity category, 92 students (31%) included in low category, and 76 students (25,6%) included in high category. Overall, the average of GPAQ score of 2347 METs per week indicates that students' physical activity is in moderate category. Male students were more physically active (3448.9METs) than female (1778.6 METs). The study also determine that most of the student had sedentary behavior by sitting or lying down about 327,9 minutes per day. Conclusion:The conclusion is students of different faculties had different physical activity level during this pandemic. Most of the students is in moderate physical activity category and high sedentary behavior. PENDAHULUANSaat ini, dunia tengah mengalami tantangan besar yang mengubah tatanan kehidupan banyak orang akibat Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19). Kasus ini muncul pertama kali di Wuhan, China akhir tahun 2019, insidensi penularan virus ini sangat cepat bahkan menyebar ke seluruh dunia. WHO secara resmi mendeklarasikan COVID-19 sebagai pandemi pada 9 Maret 2020. 1 COVID-19 disebabkan oleh kelompok coronavirus (CoV) jenis baru, yakni Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARSCOV-2). Penyakit ini menyerang saluran pernafasan manusia dengan gejala seperti batuk, hidung tersumbat, sesak nafas, hilangnya indera penciuman, demam, sakit tenggorokan, ruam pada kulit, dan diare. 2 Pemerintah melakukan berbagai upaya untuk mencegah penularan COVID-19, yaitu dengan menerapkan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) yang tertuang dalam Permenkes Nomor 9 Pasal 13 tahun 2020. Pembatasan ini meliputi pembatasan kegiatan keagamaan, tempat

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